you'll get a better idea of the problem running strace (or truss) against
the server. in any case, you should avoid any code that's forking a
process, since it's throwing performance out the window.
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Pierre-Yves BONNETAIN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently upgraded one of my systems to Apache 1.3.9, mod_perl 1.21 and
> perl 5.005 (from a apache 1.3.6, mo_perl 1.19 and perl 5.004 basis).
> In the previous setup, my mod_perl programs were running smoothly (modulo my
> own bugs, of course). But now, I get this kind of messages :
>
> [Wed Jan 5 17:46:49 2000] null: Can't exec "pwd": Permission denied at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/Cwd.pm line 82.
> [Wed Jan 5 17:46:49 2000] null: Can't exec "pwd": Permission denied at
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/Cwd.pm line 82.
> [Wed Jan 5 17:46:49 2000] null: Can't exec "date": Permission denied at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Date/Manip.pm line 3178.
>
> when some module uses `command` (command = pwd, date, whatever). At first,
> those messages where almost systematic. Now, sometimes the system goes through
> the modules without a hitch, othertimes it fails with this kind of message.
> Any hints to what has changed/what I should correct ?
> Tia,
> -- Pierre-Yves Bonnetain
> http://www.rouge-blanc.com
>
